Hi...I answered a bit on the couch thread...but more detail here.

At first I tried it traditionally with eye movements. The t sat kind of close and waved her finger back and forth and I had to follow it. It was VERY uncomfortable for me. I couldn't think when she'd ask me what was in my mind. I kept freezing and dissociating. I did it for a few sessions and I hated it. However, I didn't like that T and was only with her for about 10 sessions. She liked to burn sage before sessions to "ward off evil" and said she was a native american priestess (but she was a pasty white girl)....just weird. So I don't know if it was the EMDR or her.

Later on I did it with a T that I was more secure with. We used rods that buzzed back and forth and he sat across the room. This was much more comfortable, and we did it for 7 sessions...but I have to say, I never really felt it helped me much.

When I went to a special PTSD live-in summit for 3 weeks for intensive trauma treatment, I was told that it works really well for people with a certain definitive amount of trauma...like several horrible incidents...but not so well when you have years and years of multiple trauma that runs all together.

I would definitely recommend trying it for yourself though, because everyone is different. I would hate to think I dissuaded you from trying the thing that most helps you.
What do you have to loose?